Mar 09, 2023 - Sale 2629

Sale 2629 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

EUGÈNE GRASSET (1845-1917)

[LA VITRIOLEUSE.] 1893.


23 1/2x17 inches, 59 1/2x43 cm. [André Marty, Paris.]
Condition A-: minor abrasions and slight darkening at edges; crease in top left corner; small loss at bottom right corner; watercolor background. Paper.

An early proof of Grasset's shocking and compelling image, with just the light red background, without the darker red cloud pattern or blues. Rare. Arwas p. 64-65, Murray-Robertson p. 127.